32 cxxxiii. ORCHiDE^ (rolfe). [Bidbophyllum . 



sepal oblong, obtuse, slightly ciliate, 2 J lin. long: lateral ones a little 

 broader, mucronulate. Petals obovate -oblong, obtuse, strongly ciliate, 

 1 lin. long. Lip very fleshy, narrowly oblong, obtuse, ciliate and 

 shortly pubescent, 2 lin. long, channelled at the base. Column J lin. 

 long ; teeth broad, subacute, very short. 



TTpper Guinea, without locality. Imported by Messrs. F. Sander & Co. 



28. B. pavimentatiim, Lindl. in Joum. Linn. Soc. vi. 128. 

 Pseudobulbs approximate, ovoid, subcompressed, 5-7 lin. long, 1 -leaved. 

 Leaves oblong or elliptical-oblong, obtuse, subsessile, 2J-4 in. long, 

 |-1 in. broad. Scapes slender, mostly deflexed or horizontal, 4-6 in. 

 long ; racemes 1 J-2 in. long, dense. Bracts elliptical-oblong, obtuse, 

 li_l J lin. long. Flowers red-purple. Sepals fleshy, subequal, oblong, 

 obtuse, IJ-lJ lin. long. Petals oblong, obtuse, J lin. long. Lip re- 

 curved, fleshy, oblong, obtuse, scaberulous, J lin. long ; margin minutely 

 serrulate-denticulate. Column stout, \ lin. long ; teeth falcate-subu- 

 late, I lin. long. — Bot. Mag. t. 5329 ; Kranzl. in Mitth. Beutsch. 

 Schutzgeb. ii. (1889) 155; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 13. 



Upper Guinea* Niger Delta : Banks of the Nun River, Mann, 519 ! Came- 

 roons, Braun, 66 (ex Krdnzlin). 



A plant from Lagos which flowered at Kew in 1891 may be a form of this species. 



29. B. tetragonum, Lindl. Gen. <fc Sp. Orch. 53. Pseudobulbs 

 ovate, acutely 4-angled, 1 -leaved. Rhachis 4-angled, flexuous, pubescent 

 with black hairs. Bracts oblong, acute, cymbiform, somewhat pube- 

 scent on the back, as long as the capsule. Flowers small, straight. 

 Sepals equal, ovate, acute, connivent. Petals subulate, erect, a little 

 longer than the column. Lip ovate or ovate-oblong, fleshy ; margin 

 membranous and serrate. Column very short and roundish ; teeth 

 very minute. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone. Flowered in the collection of the Horticultural 

 Society before 1830. 



Only known to me from the description and a sketch in Lindley's Herbarium. The 

 author speaks of it as a curious little plant formerly cultivated in the collection of the 

 Horticultural Society, but now lost, adding : " It is frequently sent from Sierra Leone 

 mixed with other epiphytes, and is, 1 should think, very common in that colony." 



30. B. Pipio, Reichh. f. in Linncea, xli. 92. Plant an inch high. 

 Pseudobulbs conical, short, 1 -leaved. Leaves lanceolate. Peduncle 

 with many sheaths at the base, racemose above. Bracts spathaceous, 

 aristate, 1 -nerved, slightly longer than the sulphur- white flowers. 

 Sepals triangular, cuspidate. Petals lanceolate, not half as long as the 

 sepals. Lip unguiculate, ligulate, slightly crenulate at the sides, with 

 an obtuse auricle at either side of the base ; disc at this point thickened 

 and sulcate. Column with two setose teeth. — Kranzl. in Mitth. Deutsch. 

 Schutzgeb. ii. (1889) 155. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons, Brann. 



Only known to me from the description, but evidently allied to the preceding. It 

 flowered in the Hamburg Botanic Garden about 1877. 



31. B. comatum, Lindl. in Joum. Linn, Soc. vi. 128. Pseudo- 



